Umbrella rib-holder and runner.



No. 850,445'.A

PATENTED: APRr 1 6,l 1907.

W. W.- REAM. UMBRELLA RIB HOLDER AND RUNNER'.

AiJPLmATIoN FILED JULY 2; 1906.

UNITE@ STATES PATENT FFIQF..

UWIBHELLA RIBHHOILDER AND RUNNER..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application i'iled July 2, 1906. Serial No. 324,475.

To' LZ whom, t may concern.:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WV. BEAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vogansville, in the county of Lancaster and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUmbrella Rib-Holders andfRunners, of which the following is aspeciiication. wit-.a

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in umbrellas, andmore particularly to the means whereby the stretchingribs are secured orattached to the runner.

The invention h as primarily for its object the provision of novel meanswhereby the parts may be assembled or disengaged to facilitate repairs.

The invention also has for an object the provision of novel heads forthe ribs, said head being integral therewith.

Finally, an object of this invention is to produce a device of thecharacter noted which will possess advantages in points of simplicity,efficiency, and durability, proving at the same time comparativelyinexpensive to produce.

`With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of, this speciiication, Wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which-Figure I is a view in elevation, illustrating the invention applied to afragment of an uin- `-brella-staff. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewshowing the staff in elevation. Fig. 3 is asimilar view showing the ribin a different position. Fig. 4- is a perspective view of the sleeve.Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views showing the ribs in different stagesof construction, the latter being complete. Fig. 7

a matter of convenience in the process of manufacture., I make the cage2 a cup with a central opening in its top to slip over the tube of whichtne runner l is formed and after placing the sleeve 7 on the ruimer slipthe cage 2 in position and braze it fast. However, it might bescrew-threaded or the runner-tube expanded like tubes are fastened inboiler-heads, or the upper end of the tube 1 turned over into a flangeor bead on top of the cage 2, tlius firmly holding the same in itsposition on top of the ruimer l.

Loosely mounted, on the runner and positioned between the cage 2 and thebead 6 is a sleeve 7, which when held up .against the cage confines theribs or the heads of the ribs therein and holds the same againstdisplacement, and it is also the intention of the invention to have saidsleeve confine the ribs within the cage when it is at the limit of itsmovement in an opposite direction or abutting the bead 6.

The upper edge of the sleeve is provided with an annular flange 8, whichhas formed therein the recess 9, the bottom of said recess beinginclined upwardly. This sleeve is not only movable on the runnerlongitudinally, but rotates therearound, and when it is desired toremove a rib said recess is positioned beneath said rib, and the sleeveis withdrawn to contact with the bead 6, when said rib will be free tobe withdrawn. Thus it can be seen by this arrangement any one of theribs may be moved independently of the other. To hold the ribspositivelyl against displacement, a Wire 10- is coiled about the ruimerbetween the bead 6 and the lower edge of the sleeve 7. This wire is notresilient, but must' of necessity possess a certain amount offlexibility whereby it can be easily applied or readily removed.

It has been found in practice that the strain of the stretching-ribs onthe iingers of the cage is so great as to bend the saine, and in orderto obviate this great disadvantage it has been found well to enlarge the[lange a of the sleeve, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and to provide saidilange with a circular recess, in which the free portions of theprojections Will extend when said sleeve is in its operative position orat the limit ofits up- Ward movement. greater portion of the strain ofthe stretcherribs is distributed. to the sleeve and will, it is thought,be readily appreciated.

Although it is not essential that any spe- IOO IOS

By this arrangement tne oific forni' of head should be supplied totheribs, it has been found in practice well to employ such as isillustrated in the' drawings, wherein is employed a laterally-extendinghead 13, which head is formed by rolling the end portion of the rib toform such head. By this means the head is formed integral with the riband its strength and durability is greatly enhanced. i

In the construction of the head it might be well to state that the ribis U-sha ed and near the under portion is provider with a flatreinforcing-strip 12. The extreme portion ofthe rib is then flattenedout, as shown in Fig. 5, and then rolled up upon itself to form alateral head 13.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure' by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination, a runner,v a cage at one end of the runner, a beadformed on the runner intermediate its length, a sleeve loosely mountedon the runner between the bead and cage, a flange on the end of thesleeve adjacent the cage, a recess in the upper edge of the flange and asplit ring embracing the runner intermediate the sleeve and thebead.

recess having its bottom inclined and a split ring embracing the runnerintermediate the lsleeve and the bead.

3. In combination, aruniier, a bead formed on the runner intermediateits length, a sleeve loosely mounted `on the runner between the bead andcage, a flange on the end 'of the sleeve adjacent the cage, a recess inmounted on the runner between' the bead and cage, a flange on thesleeve, said flange having a recess in its upper edge, a split ringembracing the runner intermediate the sleeve and the bead, said flangebeing also provided with a groove to receive the ends of tlie cage.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 6o in presence of twoWitnesses.

WILLIAM W. BEAM.

Witnesses:

CHAs. E. LONG, J. W. MEMINGER.

